Azhimala Mahadeva temple

 Azhimala  Mahadeva temple

 

Compiled by

P.R.Ramachander

 

    Azhimala means  , the mountain near  the ocean .The original  name  of the temple  is Azhi mala pulinkudi  Mahadeva kshethram and  it is about  25 km from  Trivandrum town,It is believed   that once upon a  time  Pandavas   were  hiding there.It seems one day  Panchali  felt thirsty   and Bheemasena   broke a rock and created a stream there.This is called Kanneerkuzhy( pit of tears)

 

     Pulinkudi is near Vizhinjam harbor. It seems a great  Vedic pundit  named Neelaniyeru   was  living there ,Impressed by his knowledge, the king had presented him large   area of land there. It seems he fel in love with grand daughter  of the wrestler of the king and was expelled by his family,.He got married to girl and started   doing pooja to this pulinkudi Mahadeva    temple.Later he attained  Samadhi there, Swami  Narayana guru later  visited that  place  and felt the vibtations of God  in that place   and he consecrated a shiva statue there  .Later   the present temple was built  by the people  living in this area. The temple   has been maintained well  , with frequent    ashta bandha kumbabhishekams

   Recently a 58 feet tall gangadhareswara  concrete statue was  sculpted there  by  Sri P.S.Devanathan .He took 6 years  to complete this difficult task.It was  made  in such a way   that  it does not affect  the beauty of the sea .

 

     The temple is open fro   5 am to  9 Am  and 5pm to 8 pm

The address of the temple is

Aazhimala Siva Temple
Pulinkudi, Mulloor PO,
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala – 695521

Phone  +91 4712268422

aazhimalamahadevatemple@gmail.com

 

Azhimala Shiva Temple is roughly at about a distance of 20 km from Trivandrum on the way to Balaramapuram through Kovalam. You can avail local modes of transport to reach here from any corner of the city.